[OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

[Lester Caine]

On 11/05/15 09:39, Elena ``of Valhalla'' wrote:
> On 2015-05-11 at 08:41:48 +0100, Lester Caine wrote:
>> On 11/05/15 02:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>>> I expect to see Xxzme back under a different username soon.
>> This is the real problem.
>> While it is now common for people to hide behind anonymous nicknames on
>> the internet, it is certainly not courteous these days since it does
>> prevent proper interaction on what IS a social platform. There are
>> places where hiding ones identity is necessary, but here is not one?
> 
> forcing real looking names does not solve this issue: creating a fake
> account under a name like "John Smith" is just as easy as creating one 
> under a nickname, and even less likely to be identified.
> 
> Requiring verification through official documents is going to bring 
> a number of logistic and legal problems (and won't stop motivated people 
> from using fake documents).
> 
> On the other hand, this tends to give problems to people with unusual names, 
> who see their real name refused by the system, and prevents people with 
> long term pseudonimes to subscribe to the system with the name they 
> are actually known as.

I'm not advocating anything like that ...
Just purely sticking a hand up to say can we have a bit more openness on
who we are ACTUALLY talking to ...

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